I was just down in New York this past weekend. They are ahead of New England in terms of spring. Lots of trees and shrubs were blooming. There was green grass and dandelion-spotted lawns. In contrast, ...

On the clay slopes of ravines, clinging to the rocks in shallow streams, and deep in the cypress domes lie our native mosses. Minute green remnants from the first organisms to ever colonize land, the ...

"Koke" is Japanese for "moss." And "dama" is possibly the translation for "ball," or it could be "tama" and maybe mean "marble." Even though there may be something lost in translation, "kokedama" is ...

Experiments on moss grown aboard two Space Shuttle missions showed the plants didn’t behave as scientists expected them to in the near-absence of gravity. The common roof moss (Ceratodon purpureus) ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss” or look for moss on a tree for the direction north, if you’re lost in the woods (true in most areas except the Northwest where moss ...

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed... 'Moss Appreciation Week': a lot of celebration for a very ...

When it comes to plants, there are some that really command attention, like majestic redwoods or elegant roses. And then…. there's moss, which doesn't usually get a lot of love, or even get noticed at ...